Senior Nurse / Midwife

There is an exciting opportunity to join the senior perinatal team at Great Western Hospital as we introduce a Band 7 Ward Manager for Neonatal Transitional care and Outreach Services. This will initially be for a fixed twelve month period with the potential for extension and a permanent role if the trial is successful. The successful candidate would work closely with the neonatal and midwifery teams to continue the development of the transitional care unit so that we are able to demonstrate BAPM standards of staffing whilst also meeting CNST requirements. The role would require understanding of the Year 6 CNST standards and further development of a project plan to demonstrate how we will move to caring for more preterm infants on the transitional care unit., Once the new transitional care unit is established it is hoped that the successful candidate will then be able to explore how we can also develop our neonatal outreach services to ensure they are inline with the BAPM document that will be published in the coming months. This would also include a piece of work developing the discharge processes across all areas of neonatal care., The post holder will have continuing responsibility and accountability for their team, provide transformational leadership to promote a positive culture in which a competent, highly motivated nursing team can flourish, acting as a role model and mentor the post holder will influence the team in the delivery of high quality, evidence based nursing care which meets the needs of the patients and is aligned to the Trust Pillars and the Trust Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.
The post holder will deliver key performance targets aimed at improving quality, reducing risk, improving patient experience and ensuring sound financial and human resource management within the clinical area, working closely with the Matron for Maternity and Neonatal Services and the wider multi-disciplinary team (both with the unit environment and externally to it) to ensure the delivery of effective pathways of care for patients within the Perinatal services.
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The successful candidate will be Nurse or Midwife who is passionate about family centered care and be willing to develop their understanding of the other professional group as they will be responsible for supporting line management of all staff groups working within the transitional care unit.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible., Working for our organisation
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.
Service We will put our patients first
Teamwork We will work together
Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect We will act with integrity
We we are constantly evolving and striving to provide the highest levels of care for our patients. We are currently working towards the achievement of British Association of Perinatal Medicine standards of staffing (BAPM) and are always looking for innovation within practice and encourage our staff to get involved with research and development opportunities.
One of our proudest innovations to date is our use of a package of care, delivered by a multi-disciplinary team, to babies born below 32 weeks which comprises of 10 standards of care. This has proven to improve birth outcomes significantly and is now being cascaded by the Swindon team to other hospitals in the region.
You will act as a role model to influence the perinatal team through the setting of standards and expectations to deliver the highest standard of quality and evidence based care.